Department of Printing and Graphic Arts collection of ephemera
Overview
Contains ephemera collected by curators of the Printing and Graphic Arts department at Houghton Library, including invitations, pamphlets, brochures, books and booklets, calendars, announcements, typescript samples, and other types of ephemera.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1878-1989
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
3 linear feet (12 boxes)Contains ephemera collected by curators of the Printing and Graphic Arts department at Houghton Library, including invitations, pamphlets, brochures, books and booklets, calendars, announcements, typescript samples, and other types of ephemera. Some examples of these are miniature books featuring prints by artists such as David Hockney and Henri Matisse, materials from various presses such as Arion, Penmaen, Louis Prang, Roswitha Quadflieg, Robert Isaacson Gallery, Rollo Silver, the Society of Printers, Southworth, Stinehour, Tidel, Thomas Todd Company, H. Robinson William, Walker and Company, and many more. Additional materials are invitations, awards, certificates, and other ephemera directed to Printing and Graphic Arts department curators and staff, including Philip Hofer, Katharine Pantzer, and others.
Biographical / Historical
The Department of Printing and Graphic Arts is one of Houghton Library's areas of collecting. It includes artifacts from all periods illustrating the book arts and historical development of the book, whether manuscript or printed. Further materials collected include ephemeral materials related to printing and typography
Arrangement
Collection has been minimally processed. Materials are loosely arranged in groups by date range.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2020MH-001. Department of Printing & Graphic Arts internal files, Houghton Library in 2019.
Processing Information
Processed by Betts Coup, 2019.
Source
- Title
- Harvard College Library. Department of Printing and Graphic Arts. Department of Printing and Graphic Arts collection of ephemera, circa 1878-1989 (MS Typ 1283): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- hou03232
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03232
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
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